Posted: Feb 26, 2019 12:42 am
I'm With Stupid wrote: However, I wonder whether the fact that someone's body has grown and developed as male, basically creating bigger and more powerful muscles is counteracted by a few years of hormone therapy.
We don't have to wonder all that much. At the current state of medical science, it clearly isn't counteracted by it. Formerly male women consistently perform at the highest levels in performance sports.
I don't see why we can't have at least three categories. I'm serious about it, not being glib. We don't have to start making categories for furries and attack helicopters, but I don't see why we can't actually have categories for trans people.
Male, female, trans. If some time in the future medical technology advances to a state where trans people's former biology no longer influences their athletic performance then that could serve as basis for reevaluation.
But in the current state it's just not fair to have formerly male trans women compete as women.